How come Americans always fall for the "Protagonist has

fuck you, faggot

>>9567899
It's not only Americans, it's people who only read YA and pop-fiction and then try to read something more complicated. Look at the 1-star reviews for almost any classic on Goodreads. The most common criticism is that the characters are "unlikable" or "mysoginistic" or "racist". These idiots are so used to having protagonists who perfectly fit their moral standards that they can't comprehend a racist/sexist protagonist. The concept goes completely over their heads.

>>9568025

I once saw a feminist giving Of Mice and Men 1 star because Curly's wife is only mentioned as Curly's wife with no name. She was extremely offended by it.

Clearly she expects social justice to reach far into the past. The protagonist could have simply not known her name. What's the big deal?

>114 upvotes on that review

Wow

>>9568030
I believe it. One of the highest rated reviews of Paradise Lost on Goodreads gives Milton's work one star, says "fuck your misogyny" and has a mematic gif of a cat pushing things off of a table. Sometimes it's hard to keep hope in humanity.

>>9568060
>some people are dumb
>muh faith in humanity
>>>/9gag/

>>9568064
these are people who read. they're supposed to possess some sense

>>9568067
It's not fucking 18th century. Reading is not a prerogative of intellectual elites. Despook yourself at once.

>>9567899
Not even close to true
>>9568071
Why are people so quick to anger, is there lead in the water?

>>9567899
Strikes me as somewhat similar to many Americans preferring unambiguously "happy" endings at the movie theater. Probably has to do with anti-intellectualism or laziness, rather than American-ness

>>9568153
>anti-intellectualism
As a proud American this is a feature of the American identity. The basic idea is "I'd rather trust what makes sense to me rather than take some expert's word for it."

>>9568153
But antiintellectualism and laziness IS Americaness